Acknowledgements

Thanks to Michael F. from the Lansing Makers Network for alerting i3 Detroit to the availability of these machines.

Thanks to Jim K., Roger S., Nate W., Brian W., (someone please help with this list!) for hauling these unwieldy, messy, heavy machines from an unlit pole-barn in Ionia to our space under a tight deadline.

(small machine maybe, the big machine has rubber feet for a reason, user death imminent)

Injection Molding Shop Support ToDo List

Description

Status

Contact

Mold Design

CAE (software tool chain?)

Copy existing mold design (where to find examples?)

Safety: Oil, resin, people near hot surfaces. Fluids under high pressure.

Mold Fabrication

Tool steel appears to be impractical for our shop.

Forged/rolled Al plate (specialized mold alloy) proposed.
Alumold 500 is available from Alro. Expect to get many hundreds of shots with a conservatively-designed mold made from the right aluminum stock.